The Emigrants (film)

Utvandrarna
Directed by	Jan Troell
Produced by	Bengt Forslund
Written by	Bengt Forslund Jan Troell
Starring	Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Monica Zetterlund
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri Warner Bros. (U.S.)
Release date(s)	March 8, 1971 (Sweden) September 24, 1972 (U.S)
Running time	151 min.
Language	Swedish
Budget	$1,600,000
Followed by	The New Land

The Emigrants (Swedish: Utvandrarna) is a 1971 film directed by Jan Troell. It tells the story of a Swedish group who emigrate from Småland, Sweden to Minnesota, United States in the 19th century. The film follows the hardship of the group in Sweden and on the trip.

The movie is based on the first two novels of the The Emigrants suite by Vilhelm Moberg: The Emigrants and Unto a Good Land. It was adapted to the screen by Bengt Forslund and Jan Troell. The Emigrants stars Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann in the lead, along with Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund and Pierre Lindstedt. Americans in general and those of Scandinavian extraction especially will find these films helpful in understanding their own past. The film itself is a family's odyssey from rural poverty in Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, without the gloss one expects from films intended for American audiences, yet sympathetic to the people whose deepest desire was the material security which land plus their hard work and sacrifice might obtain.The film's depictions of the settlers' interactions with native Americans takes no sides, showing both the atrocities committed against the settlers in the Dakota wars as well as the hardships visited on the Indians culminating in the mass hanging of many Dakotas by Abraham Lincoln's government.

The Emigrants was nominated for four Academy Awards:

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Jan Troell)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role (Liv Ullmann)
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

The Emigrants was followed by a 1972 sequel, "The New Land" ("Nybyggarna"), with the same cast.

See also

• Lindstrom, Minnesota
• the sequel The New Land
• Vilhelm Moberg

External links

• The Emigrants at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sunday Bloody Sunday	Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film 1973	Succeeded by The Pedestrian

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The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg

Novels: The Emigrants | Unto a Good Land | The Settlers | The Last Letter Home

Films: The Emigrants | The New Land   Musical: Kristina från Duvemåla

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